Hello, Super-Couponers! I hope you enjoyed April Fool’s Day yesterday, as well as my little teaser travel post. Everything about it was true… except the first paragraph. My longtime readers know that I do an April Fool’s post every year, and yet I still managed to “get” a bunch of you guys. Rest assured, I’m not going anywhere, nor am I stopping blogging coupon deals! :)
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As always, it’s time for Chicagoland’s Deals of the Week. I’ve got all the best supermarket and drugstore deals of the week written just for you… all in one place, on one page! As always, grab your scissors and coupon inserts, and get ready to start clipping this week, as bunches of bargains and freebies are heading your way!
Sunday’s newspaper contained four coupon inserts: Two SmartSource (SS), one RedPlum (RP), and one Procter & Gamble (PG.)
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Now… ready for your Deals of the Week? You may enjoy super $10-off-ham deals, .50 Fisher Trail Mix, $1.50 Land O Lakes butter, .50 Friskies cat treats, Bounty paper towels for .62 per roll, .65 Duncan Hines cake mix, .30 Kraft Jet-Puffed marshmallows, .25 Libby’s vegetables, $1.50 Silk milk, $2.99 Margaritaville shrimp, $1.49 Hellmann’s mayonnaise, .44 Diet Pepsi 2-liters, $1.25 Johnsonville breakfast sausage, .79 I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter, $1 Country Crock, FREE Mars Easter candy singles, .25 Colgate toothpaste, .50 Ivory body wash, .39 Pillsbury cinnamon rolls, .99 Stayfree, .99 30ct. Zantac 75, .90 Blue Diamond almonds, $1 Bisquick, .67 Garnier Fructis shampoo, FREE Allegra 5ct., FREE Complete Multipurpose Solution, .99 Depend Silhouette or RealFit, .32 Garnier Herbashine haircolor, … so let’s get started!
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A note to my non-Midwest readers: While my weekly deals focus on Illinois stores, the Kroger, Target, Walgreens and CVS deals apply nationally. And, if you’re shopping at a SuperValu or Safeway store you may find similar sales to our Jewel-Osco and Dominick’s deals. Welcome, and enjoy!
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and the drugstore/general merchandise store deals run through Saturday.
“Deals of the Week” is written assuming you are using the inserts from the Chicago Tribune (or, if reading from outside Chicagoland, the largest newspaper serving your market area. That largest paper has the most, highest-value coupons. The content, coupons, and dollar amounts of the coupons in the RedPlum and SmartSource inserts differs by paper, so to coupon effectively, it’s best to subscribe to the paper that contains the highest-value coupons.)
They are now offering discount subscription codes for MULTIPLE newspapers to the same address! (Link opens in new window.)
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Grocery Deals
Starting at Jewel-Osco… View weekly ad | Load Jewel Avenu ecoupons | Load SavingStar ecoupons
IMPORTANT JEWEL-OSCO NOTE: All Jewel locations are in the process of updating their cash registers to a new system. If your store has updated to the new registers, and you are using TWO coupons on a Buy One, Get One Free sale, the register is currently scanning the second coupon as $0.00. The register will not beep and you will have no way of knowing your coupon’s value did not get recognized unless you are watching closely. Jewel is working on a solution to this problem and I have a response from corporate here indicating that their two-coupons-on-a-B1G1F policy has NOT changed, and the Sept. 2011 coupon policy is still correct for all stores. Watch your registers.
HAM DEALS: Jewel has coupons for $10 off any brand bone-in, spiral, shank or butt portion ham with a separate $25 purchase. You must reach $25 not including the ham’s price, and after ALL coupons. The coupon is in both the Sunday Jewel ad and on the front page of Sunday’s Chicago Tribune.
However, a better way to do ham deals this week at Jewel would be to use the Dominick’s ham coupon in their ad. The Dominick’s coupon is good for any Safeway spiral, bone-in, whole, shank half or rump half hams and is $10 off a $25 purchase, but their coupon does NOT exclude coupons, nor is it a “separate” $25 purchase (meaning, the price of the ham can help you get to $25.)
Jewel will accept this coupon under the “Competitor Store Coupon” portion of their coupon policy. If you plan to utilize this though, keep in mind that you will have to buy a Jewel-brand ham, not any other brand.
Fisher Trail Mix (3-4oz.) is on sale for $1. Use this .50 SavingStar ecoupon and pay .50!
Land O’ Lakes 16oz. Butter Quarters are on sale for $2.50. Use the $1 coupon from 3/18 SS or a printable and pay $1.50 — great price for butter quarters!
Johnsonville Breakfast Sausage (12oz. links or patties) are on sale for $2.99. Use the .75 coupon from 2/5 SS and pay $2.24! The 1/22 SS also has a $1-off-2 for this, but it expires 4/2! Use it quickly if you want more sausages…
Friskies Party Mix or Natural Sensations cat treats (2.1oz.) are on sale for $1. Use the .50 coupon from 3/18 RP or 2/19 RP, or the $1-off-2 coupon from 1/15 SS and pay .50 each!
3ct. Red Star Active Dry Yeast is $1. Buy two and use the .55-off-2 coupon from 11/13/11. You’ll pay $1.45 for two, or about .73 per strip!
Mars Easter M&Ms (9.9-12.6oz.) are on sale for $2.50. Buy two and use the $1-off-2 coupon from 3/18 RP. You’ll pay $4 for two, or $2 each. Not a bad price before Easter!
Yes, they’re on sale again… Mrs. T’s Pierogies (12-16.9oz.) are on sale for $2. Buy two and use the $1-off-2 coupon from the March All You. You’ll pay $3 for two boxes, or $1.50 each!
Charmin Basic Big Roll (12ct.) and Bounty Basic Regular Roll (8ct.) are on sale for $5.99.
For a Charmin deal, use the .25 coupon from 4/1 PG. Pay $5.74 for 12 double rolls, or about .48 per roll.
For a Bounty deal, use the $1 coupon from 4/1 PG. Pay $4.99 for 8 rolls, or .62 each! GREAT price for this.
Carnation Evaporated Milk (12oz.) is on sale for $1.25. Buy two and use the .50-off-2 coupon from the 1/29 RP1. You’ll pay $2 for 2, or $1 each.
The More You Shop, The More You Save + Get Cleaning Catalina Sale Buying any of the following items, in quantities shown, will generate a Catalina! There is no limit to the number of Catalinas you may receive in a single transaction. Here are your products and matchups. The final “Deal” price shown is after all coupons and after Catalinas. Alexia Frozen Potatoes and Onion Rings (18-22oz.) – $3.50 Alpo Dog Food (16lbs.) – $8.99 Arm & Hammer Liquid Laundry Detergent or OxiClean Max Force Power Pack (125-150oz., 30ct.) – $7.99 Belvita breakfast biscuits (8.8oz.) – $2.99 Birds Eye Vegetable or Steamfresh Blends (10-16oz.) – $2 Cadbury Mini Eggs or Hershey’s Easter 6-packs or Chocolates (5.7-12oz.) – $3 Carlita Salsa Con Queso or Salsa (15.5-16oz.) – $2.99 Claritin Allergy Relief (24-30ct.) – $18.99 Colgate Toothpaste & Toothbrush (4-7.8oz., 1ct.) – $3.50 Cottonelle Double Roll Bath Tissue (6ct.) – $4.49 Clorox Disinfecting Wipes, Bleach, Toilet Bowl Cleaner, or Pine-Sol (35ct., 82-96oz., 24oz., 28oz.) – $2 Dixie Plates, Bowls, Ultra Plates or Bowls, or Cups (14-54ct.) – $2.50 Duncan Hines Cake Mix (Classic or Signature, 16-18.25oz.) – $1.25 Febreze Air Effects, Set & Refresh, or Car Vents (various) – $2.79 Green Mountain Coffee K-Cups (12ct.) $6.99 Head & Shoulders Shampoo or Conditioner (13.5-14.2oz.) – $5 Hefty Waste Bags (20-80ct.) – $6.99 Hershey’s Baking Chips (8-12oz.) – $3 Hidden Valley Ranch Salad Dressing (24oz.) – $3.99 Huggies Big Pack Diapers, Pull-Ups or Goodnites (various big boxes) – $19.99 Idahoan Boxed Potato Casserole (3.8-3.95oz.) – $1 Jewel Spring Water (24ct. 16.9oz. bottle) – $3.50 Keebler Graham Cracker Pie Crust (6oz.) – $2 Kettle Potato Chips (8.5oz.) – $3 Kraft Jet-Puffed Marshmallows (10-10.5oz.) – $1 Langers 100% Juice Blends Plus (64oz.) – $2.50 Libby’s Canned Vegetables (14.5-15oz.) – .75 Lindt Gold Bunny or Mini Packs (1.7-3.5oz.)- $3.50 McCormick Seasoning Mixes (.81-1.37oz.) -$1.34 each Mr. Clean Cleaners or Extra Power Magic Erasers (40oz. all purpose, 43oz. spray, or 2ct. erasers) – $3 Nestle Pure Life Water (24ct. 16.9oz.) – 3-for-$11, or about $3.67 each Planters Peanut Butter (15-16.3oz.) – $3 Pam Cooking Spray (5-6oz.) – $3 Pop-Secret Microwave Popcorn (3ct.) -$2 Quaker Real Medleys (2.46-2.75oz.) – $1.50 Renuzit Adjustables (7.5oz.) – $1 Sargento Shredded Cheese (5-8oz.) – $2.50 Scotch-Brite Sponges (6ct.) – $5 Scott Mega Paper Towels (8ct.) – $7.99 Silk Soy, Almond or Coconut Milk (64oz.) – $3 Smuckers Jam, Jelly or Preserves (18oz.) – $3 Snapple Tea (64oz.) – $1.99 Starburst or Life Savers Jelly Beans (14oz.) – $2.34 Swiffer Cleaning Refills and Dusters (Duster Kit, Wet Cloths 12c., Dry Cloths 16ct.) – $5.49 Swiffer Wet Jet Pad Refills (12ct.) – $3.99 OR: Swiffer Wet Jet Solution (12ct.) – $5.99 Swiffer Wet Jet Starter Kit – $19.99 Super Chill 12ct. Soda – $2.79 Super Chill Tea (12ct. 16.9oz. bottles) – $4 Sylvania Soft White Double Life Bulbs (4ct.) – $2 Tyson Breaded Chicken (20-32 nuggets, patties) – $4.99 Tyson Fully Cooked Entrees (17oz.) – $3.99 Uncle Ben’s Long Grain Wild or Ready Rice (6-9oz.) – $2 Vanity Fair plates, bowls, everyday napkins or dinner napkins (14-100ct.) – $2.50 Wacky Mac Pasta (12oz.) – $1.50 Wesson Canola, Corn, Vegetable or Blend oils (48oz.) – $3.50 ————– BEST BETS? .65 Duncan Hines cake mixes… |
Skipping the Dove instant-savings deal this week as there don’t appear to be any standouts… ditto on the P&G Catalina. If you decide to do it, it is a “Spend $20, get $5.” The $20 is calculated AFTER manufacturer coupons, and the coupons are in the new 4/1 PG. Some Pepsi products and beverages are included here, and I wanted to see better prices/deal on the Diet Pepsi as there’s a nice .55 coupon in the 3/18 SS. But again… not much to write home about here.
“No Coupon Needed” deals:
Imperial Margarine Quarters (16oz.) are .99
Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix (8.5oz.) is .50
Collegge Inn Broth (14.5oz.) is .47 per can, limit 8.
Deals continuing from previous weeks:
SavingStar has some Jewel-Osco-specific ecoupons! Click to load these to your Preferred Card:
New this week:
– 10% off any Wild Harvest item
– Buy 4 Essential Everyday items, Save $1
– .50 off Fisher Trail Mix
– 50% off 2 Carlita Salsas and/or Beans
– $2 off WholeCare Dry Dog or Cat Food
– $1 off any Equaline item
– .50 off any Wild Harvest item
– .50 off any Essential Everyday item
– $1 off 3 Culinary Circle items
Remember that these ecoupons are one-shots, so decide what ONE item from each group you’d like to use them on.
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Taste of Home FREE Cookbook, 5-cup Rice Cooker and 12-quart Tamale Steamer P&G Promotion
Jewel is running an “A Taste Of Home” mail-in promotion on P&G products. Buy $25 worth of P&G products in one transaction and receive a 2-piece cookware set and one cookbook of your choice via mail (view ad here.)
The cookware is a 12-quart tamale steamer, a 5-cup rice cooker, and one of the following cookbooks: “Fresh Mexico,” “Latin Grilling,” or “Cocina Cubana.” $25 worth of goods must be purchased in the same transaction, and you must submit a receipt from the same store you found the forms in (must be from Jewel – cannot use a Dominick’s receipt, etc.)
The offer runs through 4/30/12. Look for the forms for this rebate in Spanish/Latino Jewel locations.
The form for this offer is online too on another store’s website. Several readers called the number on the form and were told that printable versions would be accepted.
UPDATE! On 2/11, I received my A Taste of Home package. It contained the rice cooker, the “Latin Grilling” cookbook I chose, and a note stating that due to overwhelming demand, the tamale steamer will not be available until June 2012, so it will ship separately.
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If you shop at Jewel-Osco with children, stop by the customer service counter for a Jewel-Osco Healthy Eaters Kids Club membership card for your child. The card is free, and any time your child shops with you, he or she can get a FREE small Red Delicious apple or a free banana by scanning the card at checkout. The card is reusable and valid through 8/15/12. (Your child must be present and shopping with you to use the card.)
Jewel-Osco information:
Are you on the Jewel-Osco email list? At times, Jewel sends out coupons to match with their current sales, and often they’re store coupons that can be stacked with manufacturer coupons!
Jewel-Osco meat deals:
- Jewel whole fryers are $1.29/lb.
- Jennie-O bone-in turkey breast is $1.99/lb.
Jewel-Osco seafood deals:
- 2lb. packages of Ocean Market Swai or Tilapia fillets are $7.99 – that’s about $4/lb.
Jewel-Osco produce deals:
- Green beans are .79/lb.
- Broccoli crowns or cauliflower are .79/lb.
- Sweet potatoes are .79/lb.
- Yellow onions are .79/lb.
- Comice pears are .99/lb.
- 3lb. bags of Cara Cara navel oranges are $2.99 – that’s about $1/lb.
- 3lb. bags of red or gold potatoes are $2.99 – that’s about $1/lb.
- Yellow squash or zucchini are $1.49/lb.
- Ambrosia apples are $1.99/lb.
- 1lb. packages of celery hearts are $1.99
- Asparagus is $1.99/lb.
- Chiquita whole pineapples are $1.99 each
- 1lb. containers of strawberries are $1.99
Let’s go to Dominick’s… View weekly ad | Load Dominick’s Just For U ecoupons
Note to Safeway shoppers reading from outside Chicagoland: In Chicago, Dominick’s does not double coupons (as other Safeway stores do) – if your store doubles, you’ll do even better with many of these deals. Also, in Chicago, support for previously-available ecoupons (Cellfire, ShortCuts and PGEsaver) have been discontinued. Ecoupons are now available in the “Just For U / Coupon Center” section of electronic coupons available at Dominicks.com.
Dominick’s is also offering Deal Match, where you can load price-matching offers from Jewel and Target to your Fresh Values Card. Load these offers at www.Dominicks.com.
Dominick’s Coupons:
These are store coupons found in the weekly Dominick’s flyer, which (in the case of the name-brand products) means they can be stacked with manufacturer coupons for even bigger savings. You can also load some of these Dominick’s Coupons to your Fresh Values card via Dominicks.com and not have to clip them. Best bets this week?
In the March 29-April 4 flyer – “Hot Offers” on cover:
- Quaker Chewy Granola Bars (6-8ct.) are $1.69 each, limit 4, with Dominick’s coupon. Buy two and use the .75-off-2 coupon from 3/18 RP. You’ll pay $2.63 for two, or about $1.32 each.
- Safeway Brown & Serve Rolls, Hot Dog or Hamburger Buns (8-12ct.) are .99 each with Dominick’s coupon.
- Lucerne Milk or Safeway 100% Orange Juice (64oz.) is $1.99, limit 3, with Dominick’s coupon.
- Mom to Mom Big Box Diapers (60-96ct.) are $13.99, limit 4, with Dominick’s coupon.
In the April 1-8 flyer – “Easter Entertaining” on cover:
- Margaritaville Shrimp (8-10oz.) are $3.99 each, limit 5, with Dominick’s coupon. (I love these!) Use this $1 printable and pay $2.99 – super price for this.
- Hellmann’s Mayonnaise (22-30oz.) is $2.49, limit 2, with Dominick’s coupon. Use this $1 printable and pay $1.49!
- 32oz. Safeway Aseptic Broth (32oz. cartons) are $1.25, limit 4, with Dominick’s coupon.
- Safeway Artisan Garlic Bread (17oz. French, Sourdough, or Parmesan Sourdough) are .99 with Dominick’s coupon.
- Gold Medal Flour (4lb.) is $!.99, limit 3, with Dominick’s coupon.
Dominick’s has more “Just For U”-only sales running this week. Head over to www.dominicks.com and load ecoupons for:
– Pantry Essentials Gallon Milk – $1.97 each, limit 2
– Lucerne Half Gallon Milk – $1.17 each, limit 2
– Vienna Beef Franks (12oz.) – $2.77 each, limit 3
– Keebler Sandies or Chips Deluxe cookies (12.5-14.8oz.) – $1.77, limit 3
– Lucerne Sour Cream (16oz. regular or light) is .99, limit 3
If you haven’t yet printed and used this printable coupon for$2 off a $10 Lucerne Purchase printable, print it and use it with some more Lucerne (Safeway house brand) items this week.
HAM DEAL: Sunday’s Dominick’s ad has a coupon good for any Safeway spiral, bone-in, whole, shank half or rump half hams and is $10 off a $25 purchase, but their coupon does NOT exclude coupons, nor is it a “separate” $25 purchase (meaning, the price of the ham can help you get to $25.)
Diet Pepsi 2-liters are on sale for .99. Use the .55 coupon from 3/18 SS and pay .44!
If you’re a Coke Rewards member sitting on coupons for FREE 12-packs of Coca-Cola, this is a great week to use them at Dominick’s. 12-packs of Coke products are on sale Buy Two, Get Two Free plus get 1 FREE Ritz Crackers!
If you have two coupons, they will cover the prices of the first two cases, and the other two cases will be FREE with the store’s sale, plus you’ll get a free box of crackers.
Now, you’d think that would be FOUR free cases of Coke, but Dominick’s puts their 12-packs notoriously high during this sale at $6.29 each. The Coke Rewards free coupons are good up to $4.99, so you’ll pay $1.30 each for your first two packs, then get the other two free plus free crackers. That’s $2.60 for four 12-packs, or about .65 each – and again, don’t forget to grab your free crackers too.
“No Coupon Needed” deals:
Thomas’ English Muffins or Bagels (6ct.) are $1.99 each when you buy 4 packages. You must buy FOUR to receive this price.
Imperial Spread (16oz.) is .79
2-liters of Refreshe Pop are .77 each
Dominick’s meat deals:
- Fresh Safeway drumsticks or thighs are $1.29/lb.
- Jennie-O fresh turkey is $1.49/lb.
- Assorted pork loin chops are $1.99/lb.
- Rancher’s Reserve 7-bone beef chuck pot roast is $2.49/lb.
- Fresh 80% lean ground beef is $2.49/lb.
Dominick’s seafood deals:
- Swai fillets are $3.99/lb.
Dominick’s produce deals:
- 10b. bags of Safeway russet potatoes are $3.99 – that’s about .40/lb.
- Gala apples are .99/lb.
- Sweet yellow onions are .99/lb.
- Garnet yams or sweet potatoes are .99/lb.
- 3lb. bags of O Organics yellow onions are $3.49 – that’s about $1.16/lb.
- Safeway Farms 2lb. baby-cut carrots are are $2.50 – that’s $1.25/lb.
- Green, red or black seedless grapes are $1.49/lb.
- D’Anjou pears are $1.49/lb.
- Organic cauliflower are $1.79/lb.
- Broccoli crowns are $1.79/lb.
- Organic bartlett pears are $1.79/lb.
- Green beans are $1.79/lb.
- Del Monte whole pineapples are $1.99
- Hass avocados are .99 each
- Kiwis are .33 each
If you haven’t yet signed up for the “Just For U“ electronic discounts that you can load to your Dominick’s Fresh Values card, you may want to. You’ll activate a set of electronic discounts that are tied to your card for the next 90 days. Each person’s discounts are different, and they’re based on past purchases made with your Fresh Values card at Dominick’s.
Heading over to Meijer, here are your best deals for Meijer stores in in Algonquin, Aurora, Bloomingdale, Bolingbrook, Elgin, McHenry, Oswego, Plainfield, Rolling Meadows, St. Charles, and the Indianapolis area: View weekly ad | Load Meijer Mperks ecoupons | Print store coupons from Meijer Mealbox
Reader Judi Cookie writes that Johnsonville Breakfast Sausage (12oz. links or patties) are on sale for $2.00! Use the .75 coupon from 2/5 SS and pay $1.25 – a STEAL! The 1/22 SS also has a $1-off-2 for this, but it expires 4/2! Use it quickly if you want more sausages…
Land O’ Lakes 16oz. Butter Quarters are on sale for $2.50. Use the $1 coupon from 3/18 SS or a printable and pay $1.50 — great price for butter quarters!
Here’s a deal on Hormel 81 Boneless Hams. They are on sale at several Meijers for $4.69/lb. according to readers. Buy the smallest ham you can find. For this example, we’ll figure this on a one-pound ham. Use this $2 Mealbox coupon for the ham and stack it with a $2 coupon from the 3/25 SS or a printable. For a one-pound ham, you’ll pay $1.69!
2lb. bags of Domino Confectioners, Light or Dark Brown Sugar are on sale 3-for-$5 or $1.67 each. Buy two and use the .75-off-2 coupon from 3/18 RP. You’ll pay $2.58 for two, or $1.29 each.
Tubs of I Can’t Believe It’s Not Butter (16oz.) are on sale for $1.67 each. Buy two and use a $1-off-2 Mealbox coupon and stack it with the .75-off-2 coupon from the 3/25 RP. You’ll pay $1.58 for two, or .79 each!
Country Crock is on sale too. 15o. tubs or 2-7.5oz. tubs are on sale for $1.50. Use the .50 coupon from 3/25 RP and pay $1!
“No Coupon Needed” deals:
64oz. cartons of Meijer orange juice or orange juice blends are $2
16oz. Meijer butter quarters are $1.79
10-18ct. Don Marcos Refrigerated Tortillas (flour) are .99
Dozen cartons of Meijer eggs are .88 each
Are you a Meijer Mperks member? Mperks is a different set of electronic Meijer coupons. They’re attached to your cellphone number, but aside from one text message to activate your account, you do not need to use text messaging to continually use them. Once you register with Meijer Mperks, you log into the Mperks website and click the electronic coupons you’d like to load to your account. Then, when you’re at the checkout, type your cellphone number into the keypad at the register, and your coupons come off automatically.
Meijer meat deals:
- Cook’s or Hormel Spiral Sliced Half Ham is $1.29/lb., limit 2
- Pork shoulder bone-in country style ribs are $1.69/lb.
- Meijer fresh boneless, skinless chicken breasts are $1.99/lb.
- Leg of lamb is $3.99/lb. – cheapest I have seen it anywhere this season
Meijer produce deals:
- 10lb. bags of russet potatoes are $2.99 – that’s about .30/lb.
- Sweet potatoes are .77/lb.
- Red, white or sweet onions are .79/lb.
- 2lb. bags of lemons or limes are $2 each – that’s $1/lb.
- Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Gala or Jonagold apples are $1.18/lb.
- Red or green seedless grapes are $1.18/lb.
- Seedless or seeded watermelon chunks are $1.49/lb.
- Green or white asparagus are $1.99/lb.
- 1lb. containers of strawberries are $2
- Ataulfo mangoes are .50 each
- Heads of lettuce are .69 each
Note that Meijers in other states are on different schedules. The Illinois Meijers are about a week behind on the sales vs. most of Indiana/Michigan. If you’re in Illinois, these Meijer deals run through Wednesday. If you’re reading from another state, they ENDED Saturday at your store… Confusing? Yes.
AND, if you shop at the Illinois NILES or ORLAND Meijer locations, they typically haven’t been following the same sale flyer as the other Illinois Meijers.
Heading over to Kroger… View weekly ad | Load Kroger ecoupons | Load SavingStar ecoupons | Load Cellfire ecoupons | Load ShortCuts ecoupons | Load PGEsaver.com ecoupons
Mars single Easter candies (Snickers, Milky Way) are on sale for .50 each. Buy two and use the $1-off-2 coupon from 3/18 RP. You’ll pay… nothing!It’s FREE!
Land O’ Lakes 16oz. Butter Quarters are on sale for $2.50. Use the $1 coupon from 3/18 SS or a printable and pay $1.50 — great price for butter quarters!
Colgate toothpaste (4.6oz.) is on sale for $1. Use the .75 coupon from 3/25 SS and pay .25!
Ivory Bars or Body Wash (2ct. or 12oz.) are on sale for $1. Buy two and use the $1-off-2 coupon from 4/1 PG. You’ll pay $1 for two, or .50 each!
Buy 4, Save $4 Instant-Savings Sale Buying any 4 of the following products will generate $4 in instant-savings! Prices shown are after the Buy-4 discount. You must buy four to receive these prices. Here are your products and matchups: Bounce Fabric Softener (52-60 loads or 1.92oz. bar) – $3.99 Bounty Paper Towels (12 giant rolls) – $14.99 Charmin or Charmin Basic (16 basic double rolls, 12 big or double rolls) – $5.99 Downy Fabric Softener (90-105ct.) – $3.99 Glad Trash Bags (15-80ct.) – $6.99 Tide Laundry Detergent (50oz. liquid, 22-30oz. powder) – $4.99 |
“No Coupon Needed” Deals:
Dozen cartons of Kroger large eggs are $1.25
Kroger restaurant rolls or bread (12ct., 20oz.) are $1
Kroger meat deals:
- Sugardale hams are .97/lb., limit 2
- Pride of the Farm turkey breast is $1.69/lb.
- Kroger spiral sliced hams are $1.77/lb.
- Cumberland Gap semi-boneless hams are $1.79/lb.
- Hickory Hills boneless hams are $1.99/lb.
Kroger seafood deals:
- 12oz. bags of Kroger cod, Tilapia or flounder are $3.49
Kroger produce deals:
- 10lb. bags of russet potatoes are $2.99 – that’s about .30/lb.
- 8lb. bags of Texas Rio Star grapefruit are $3.88 – that’s about .49/lb.
- 3lb. bags of Kroger yellow onions are $1.50 – that’s .50/lb.
- 3lb. bags of Cara Cara navel oranges are $2.99 – that’s about $1/lb.
- 3lb. bags of mini peeled carrots are $3.49 – that’s about $1.16/lb.
- Jazz apples are $1.49/lb.
- Black or white seedless grapes are $1.69/lb.
- Fresh Selections garden salads (12oz.) are $1
Jewel-Osco | Dominick’s (Safeway) | Meijer | Kroger | Target | Walgreens | CVS | Walmart | Free |
Here are your Hilander deals (also running at Logli and Schnucks)… View weekly ad | Load “Schnupons” ecoupons
The Rockford-area Logli stores share the same ad as Hilander (Schnucks) now, so these deals apply at the four Rockford-area Logli stores as well. I have had some readers from DeKalb write and ask if these deals will also apply to their store. In looking at both ads, SOME of the deals are the same, but Rockford at times has a Hilander-specific wraparound that isn’t a part of the DeKalb Schnucks ad. Remember too that the DeKalb store does not double coupons.
The current ad is good through TUESDAY, April 10th! (LONG AD this week.)
NEW: Schnuck’s has introduced Schnupons — ecoupons for Schnuck’s stores accessible via your smartphone! Click the link to sign up and load them.
Pillsbury Crescents, Grands, Cinnamon Rolls or biscuits are all on sale for .99. Use any of the following to drop this good price even more…
* Crescents:
– .40 off 2 – 1/29 SS
– .40 off 3 – 3/11 SS, printable, printable
DEAL: Buy two. After doubled .40-off-2, pay $1.20 for two, or .60 each
* Grands:
– .30 off 2 – 2/5 GM
– .40 off 3 – 4/1 SS, 3/11 SS
DEAL: Buy two. After doubled .30-off-2, pay $1.38 for two, or .69 each
* Cinnamon Rolls:
– .30 off – 2/5 GM
– .40 off 2 – printable
– .40 off 2 – 3/11 SS, printable, printable, printable
– .50 off 2 – SavingStar ecoupon
DEAL: Buy one. With doubled .30 coupon, pay .39
Stayfree Maxi Pads (16-56ct.) are on sale for $1.99. Buy two and use the $2-off-2 coupon from the 3/18 SS. You’ll pay $1.98 for two, or .99 each!
“No Coupon Needed” deals:
1lb. packages of Schnucks Butter quarters are $1.88
6-8oz. bags of Schnucks shredded cheese are $1.77 each
Schnucks Buns (8ct.) are .99
Oscar Mayer Turkey Franks (16oz.) are .99 – GREAT price
Hilander meat deals:
- Shank portion ham is .69/lb.
- Fresh split chicken breasts are .99/lb.
- Schnucks or Honeysuckle turkey are .99/lb.
- Pride of the Farm pork shoulder country style ribs are $1.89/lb.
Hilander seafood deals:
- Ocean Jewel Tilapia fillets (2lb. bags) are $3.49 each
Hilander produce deals:
- 2lb. containers of Driscoll’s strawberries are $3.99 – that’s about $2/lb.
- Yellow onions are .78/lb.
- 3lb. bags of yellow onions are .78/lb.
- Sweet potatoes are .78/lb.
- Fresh Express Shreds (8oz.) are .99
Off to Target…
View weekly ad | Print store coupons from Target.com …
This week, Target’s running a sale on Dove products. Buy four and get a $5 Target gift card!
Your best bets here are the haircare products (12oz-25.4oz. big bottles) or the deodorant, which are on sale for $4.99 and $3.79, respectively. Target’s site has a printable for FREE Dove Styler when you buy 2 Dove haircare. The 3/25 RP has manufacturer coupons for $1 off hair care and $1 off deodorant.
So, here’s a deal idea. Buy 2 Dove Haircare of your choice and one styler ($14.97.) Buy 1 deodorant too (now $18.76.) The B2G1F haircare coupon takes $4.99 off (now $13.77.) Use three $1 coupons on the two Dove Haircare and one deodorant (now $10.77.) Pay $10.77 and get a $5 Target gift card! That’s $5.77 for four, or about $1.44 each!
“No Coupon Needed” deals:
Dozen cartons of Grade A Eggs are $1.19
Deals continuing from previous weeks:
The 3/18 SS has a coupon for $5 off 2 Revlon Beauty Tools. Nail clippers, files, and emery boards are usually priced around $2. Buying two of these will be FREE after coupon!
SuperTarget meat deals:
- Market Pantry frozen turkey breast is .99/lb.
- Archer Farms spiral sliced hams are $1.89/lb.
SuperTarget produce deals:
- 5lb. bags of russet potatoes are $1.99 – that’s about .40/lb.
- 1lb. bags of baby carrots are $1.50
- Asparagus is $1.99/lb.
Target Notes:
You get .05 off your total at Target for each reusable bag you bring and use. If you pay with the Target credit or debit card, you receive another 5% off.
Drugstore Deals
Heading to Walgreens (View weekly ad)…
NEW: IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT THE WALGREENS AD: Walgreens is no longer putting its entire ad in the paper newspaper version. There are now online-only ad pages that you can look at via this link: View weekly ad
When applicable, I will be noting the online-ad-only deals with the “Bonus Buys” icon shown at right. This is the same icon Walgreens is also using in their online-only ad pages.
Zantac Acid Reducer (24ct. 150 or 30ct. 75) is on sale for $7.99. There’s a $2 store coupon in the April monthly coupon booklet (found on racks inside the door at the store.) Stack this with the $5 manufacturer coupon from the 4/1 SS. You’ll pay .99! SUPER price for this.
Need more? Find more Zantac coupons here:
– $3 printable
– $2.50 off – February All You
– $2 off – 2/12 SS
Colgate Toothpaste (MaxClean, Fresh or White, 6oz.) is on sale 2-for-$5. Buy 2 and get $3 back in RRs! Use two .75 coupons from the 3/25 SS. You’ll pay $3.50 and get $3 back. That’s .50 for two, or .25 each!
Blue Diamond Almonds (6oz.) are on sale for $3.79, B1G1F. Use two $1 coupons from the 1/29 SS. You’ll pay $1.79 for two, or about .90 each!
Oscar Mayer Bacon (16oz.) is on sale 2-for-$7. Buy 2 and get $1 back in Register Rewards! That drops this to $6 for two, or $3 each.
Bisquick Baking Mix (20oz.) is on sale 2-for-$3, or $1.99 each. Buy two to get the better price! Use two .50 coupons from 3/25 SS and pay $2 for two, or $1 each!
Bounty paper towels (6ct.) are on sale for $5.49. Use the $1 coupon from 4/1 PG and pay $4.49. That works out to about .75/roll.
Walgreens is running a “Spend $15, Get $5 in RRs” sale on various Garnier products. Best bet? The Garnier Fructis shampoos and conditioners are on sale 2-for-$5. Buying six will put you at $15… and stock you up on shampoo for a long time! So let’s do just that…
Buy 6 Garnier shampoos or conditioners. Use six $1 coupons. (Wait.. SIX? Oh yes! You’ll find them in the 4/1 RP, 3/4 RP, and on Facebook. If that’s not enough, here’s a .75 printable too.
With 6 coupons, pay $9 and get $5 back in Register Rewards! That’s $4 for 6 products, or about .67 each!
“Walgreens Store Coupon” Deals:
Nice! Vinegar (32oz.) is .99, limit 3, with coupon.
Nice! Seasonings (.5-5.25oz.) are .79, limit 3, with coupon.
Single rolls of Tuf Paper Towels are .69, limit 3, with coupon.
Butterball Chicken Broth (14.5oz.) is .50, limit 4, with coupon.
“No Coupon Needed” Deals:
And finally, over at CVS (View weekly ad) | Load SavingStar ecoupons
Allegra Allergy 5ct. is on sale for $6.49. Use the $7 coupon from the 4/1 SS and get it FREE!
Complete Multipurpose Solution (12oz.) is on sale for $8.99. Buy it and get $8.99 back in Extra Care Bucks, making it FREE!
Depend Silhouette or RealFit 3ct. underwear is on sale for $3.99. Buy it and get $2 back in Extra Care Bucks! Use the $1 coupon from 3/25 SS. You’ll pay $2.99 and get $2 back, making this .99!
Garnier sure is on sale this week! Over at CVS, it’s also part of a “Spend $15, Get $5 in ECBs” sale. Over here though, your best bet is going to be on the Garnier Herbashine hair color, which I’m a big fan of. It’s on sale for $4.99. The 3/4 RP has a $3 coupon!
Now, the ECB deals at CVS usually trigger a few pennies under the $15 threshold. If this one does too (and I am wrapping this week’s deals up at a crazy 5:07am, so I haven’t been out to test it) then this should trigger with three Herbashines. So…
Buy 3 Herbashines ($14.97). Use three $3 coupons (now $5.97.) Pay $5.97 and get $5 back in ECBs, making this .97 for THREE, or about .32 each!
If it does not trigger, add one more Herbashine ($19.96.) Use four $3 coupons (now $7.96.) Pay $7.96 and get $5 back in ECBs, making these $2.96 for four, or .74 each! Still a super deal!
There’s a “Spend $30, get 2 free boxes of cereal” promotion in the new ad, but this isn’t nearly as exciting as the “Spend $30, Get $10” unfortunately…
SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY ONLY: Scan your CVS ExtraCare card at the coupon center in store for a special $2-off-$10 store coupon for Easter products!
“No Coupon Needed” Deals:
12-packs of Coca-Cola products are $2.50 each, limit 4.
CVS Tips: Remember to always scan your CVS card at the Coupon Center scanner in the store — it prints bonus coupons for you!
And, if you haven’t already, make sure your CVS ExtraCare card is registered for the CVS Beauty Club before you do any deals involving beauty products. It gives you $5 in ECBs for every $50 you spend on beauty products, and it is cumulative, meaning you don’t have to spend $50 in one trip. It keeps track for you and will automatically print ECBs on your next visit to the store when you reach a $50 threshold.
Jewel-Osco | Dominick’s (Safeway) | Meijer | Kroger | Hilander (Schnucks) | Target | Walgreens | CVS | Walmart | Free |
Wrapping things up with Walmart…
Policies to know:
- Walmart will price match any competitor’s advertised price. Bring the other store’s flyers with you to the store. While the policy doesn’t require this, it does speed the price-matching along.
- With the new coupon policy, Walmart will also accept other store’s STORE coupons with an actual price listed on them. For example, a Dominick’s store coupon advertising “.99 Ragu Pasta Sauce” would be accepted. A Walgreens store coupon advertising “2/$1 Morton’s Salt” would be accepted. (A Target store coupon for “$2.50 off Huggies” would not, because it does not show the actual selling price of the item.)
- With the new coupon policy, Walmart will also accept competitor’s Catalina manufacturer coupons. You can get a Catalina for $1 off Snuggle and use it at Walmart.
- Walmart’s new coupon policy specifically addresses coupon overage. It says “Coupons may exceed the price of the item. Change may be given or applied toward the cost of the basket purchase.”
I would print a copy and carry a copy of the coupon policy with you if you anticipate any issues.
I do not blog Walmart deals each week unless there is a weekly ad with noteworthy deals. Every store location’s regular prices are different, and Walmart does not issue a weekly ad every week. I’ve listed Walmart at the end of each week’s Deals writeup, because if you see any deals above that you want, you’ll likely also be able to do them at Walmart.
Jewel-Osco | Dominick’s (Safeway) | Meijer | Kroger | Hilander (Schnucks) | Target | Walgreens | CVS | Free |
FREE STUFF:
$1 off any Marcal paper product – 3/11 RP (exp. 4/15/12) – Stores that carry Marcal usually sell single rolls of toilet paper, paper towels, or facial tissue for $1 or less.
Mail-in Rebates
$15 rebate when you buy $50 worth of Venus, Olay, Secret, CoverGirl,Clairol, Herbal Essences, Aussie, Head & Shoulders, Pantene, Safeguard, Ivory, Crest 3D White, Always and/or Tampax products. Can be on multiple receipts. Through 4/28/12.
FREE COUPON BOOKS:
$30 Home Made Simple “Gather Together” coupon book – has nice, high-value P&G coupons
Que Rica Vida – Spanish coupon magazine from General Mills – mailed quarterly throughout the year
FREE COUPON NETWORKS:
The following networks regularly send product samples and high-value coupons to your home for you to use and share. Each network may ask you for online feedback on their products via surveys or messageboards too.
Jewel-Osco | Dominick’s (Safeway) | Meijer | Kroger | Hilander (Schnucks) | Target | Walgreens | CVS | Walmart | Free |
As always, these deals are guidelines for shopping. I can make no guarantee that these items will be on sale, in stock, or available at your area store. I can also not guarantee your Catalinas will print, your cashier will smile at you while you check out, or that your shopping cart won’t have a broken wheel. But I CAN teach you how to save money :)
And, also, as always, a huge thanks to the many readers who posted and emailed deals that made it into today’s Deals of the Week! We’re all in this together, and I sincerely appreciate everyone who spots and passes along good deals that we can all enjoy :) Thank you… to YOU!
* All You magazine: If you like coupons, you will probably really enjoy it. It’s an inexpensive magazine ($2.49 an issue) that is absolutely filled with coupons each month — typically $50-$100 worth per issue! Subscribing via the pink banner on the right drops the price to $1.67 per issue. Depending on the values, if you use 2 or 3 coupons alone from each issue, you’ve recouped the cost of the magazine, and you’re on your way to even bigger savings.)
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shlee says
Thanks for the deals, Jill! You totally April fooled my friend who texted me last night in panic mode that you were no longer posting deals! It didn’t dawn on me til this morning when I got up that you were probably pulling your annual prank! Nice one, you got us both! Hey, I tried the link to the Hellman’s Q but didn’t find it. Is it gone?
Judi Cookie says
Meijer has the Johnsonville Breakfast Sausage on sale for $2.00, making them 1.25 after the .75 coupon. They have the Land O Lake buter on sale for $2.50. After the $1.00 coupon it is cheaper than the Meijer brand.
newbie2couponing says
There’s a coupon in the 11-13-11 SS for $0.55/2 strips.
GinaG says
I’m new to couponing and am trying to figure out how these E-coupons work. It looks like you don’t get the cost off at the register, but it goes towards a gift card. Is that correct and can someone explain it further?
bluedemon20 says
There is also another 1.00 Land O’ Lakes butter coupon in 2/12 SS.
HappyMom88 says
Save an extra $2 when you buy four pks of Coke products. Use the Man Q located on the inside of the Wednesday Joseph’s ad.
@ Dominicks, $12.58 – $2Q = $10.58/4 = $2.65/12pk + free crackers
@ Walgreens, $14 – $2Q = $12/5 (b4g1f with store Q) = $2.40/12pk
@ Jewel, $11 – $2 Q = $9/4 = $2.25/12pk
@ Meijer, 2-24pks (=to 4-12pks) for $11 – $2Q = $9/4 = $2.25/12pk
@ CVS, 4 x 2.50 = $10.00 – $2Q = $8/4 = $2/12pk.
carriebecker1 says
did buying only 3 of the garnier herbashine print the register reward for anyone?
4boyshunting89 says
I think I may have had my best trip ever today. With coupons, saving star, avenu, preferred savings, and OYNO cats, I saved more than I spent. Now, I still spent about $92, but I saved $101. No, still not walking out with a zero balance, but it’s getting there. Baby steps! BTW: Jewel Wild Harvest lemonade is UBER yummy. Real sugar, not corn syrup, with just the right amount of pucker power! And, it’s still B1G1F!!!!!
bookmaven says
at Walgreens is $1.99. Use the 2 $1 coupons from the 3/25 SS to make them $.99. Not a bad deal and I really like the cinnamon sugar variety. Makes for a ‘not-too-bad-for-you’ dessert or snack.
kathbrand says
I don’t know why I bother going to Dominicks. My receipt is wrong 9 out of 10 times. I did not get the $10Q for spending $75 or the $5 off freezer item even though they say it is still on till 4/4. I spent way over $10. I didn’t get my just for you free orchard bar and it also said others priced at 50 cents. I had lucerne shredded cheese on mine for $4.90 and was charged 9.99. It looked like it took all my coupons but Jell0 pudding one not taken off. I questioned about the orchard bar to make sure I bought the right ones and the cashier couldn’t tell. She asked me if it was a coupon or JFU and I said JFU. I said I had it on my iPhone and she said I needed to print it out. What’s the point of emailing it to save paper. I left and checked my receipt at home to find out all these mistakes. When i try to go back on their website to print it out it keeps shutting me out.
I was saving all my receipts that were wrong and going to send them to corporate. Is there any other way they can make it more difficult to use their website and use their savings card?
I’ve had cashiers telling me yes all your coupons are going through and none had. I then told her they weren’t coming off and she said that’s because it was expired. I asked for them back and they weren’t expired so had to visit the service desk again. I had a cashier hide coupons and not scan them all. I try to add them all and subtract from total to make sure they got them all. What other lies can they make up. A smile and asking do you need help to your car 5 times during one transaction is not going to cut it. Any suggestions?
pryncessjacquie says
There’s a $1.00 mfg coupon in the 4/1 RP to use with the $5/2 Target Beauty Tools coupon. Make getting a little more expensive item free.
leeanddeb says
I went to Wags today and got 6 of the Garnier shampoos at 2/$5. That brought me to $15. I used 6 $1 off coupons. No Register Rewards printed. I took it to the manager and he said that the $15 purchase is based on post coupon amount when using the manufacturers coupons. So that would mean that I would need to buy 10 bottles at this price if I want to use more coupons (but only have .75 ones left) and the deal is certainly not as good.
Any feedback on what is happening here? Are they too going the way of Jewel with the post coupon addition?
This is getting really difficult to navigate.
Thanks so much for all the work you put into this.
ChiTownSaver says
Has anyone else had problems with the 5.00 coupon scanning? I used one a week ago, and it went through fine.
Last night I tried to use 2/5.00 (newspaper) plus 2 of the 1.00 mfg Revlon coupons on 4 items and had a big hassle. The cashier told me since it says ‘one per purchase’ I could only use one at a time. I tried to explain the transaction vs purchase lingo but the manager on duty still said one per transaction, so I did two.
Neither my 1.00 or 5.00 coupon went through and my items were:
2.99 , 3.19 1st transaction
3.19 and 3.19 for second transaction
Both which would have been 1 target 5.00 and 1/ 1.00 mfg so there is no way it would go over the total but it kept saying one or more item not purchased
So a 1.00 mfg catalina pops out for Revlon beauty tool, and on the picture is what I was buying, so I asked her to use that instead of my newspaper coupon and low and behold, that did not scan either! It still kept saying ‘item not purchased’.
They pushed them through, but it is so weird how at one Target it worked fine, and another it did not.
These were two different Targets (the one that worked last week is my regular target and the one I went to last night was in the city that I happened to be near when I went to a show)
Also, my Dora DVD coupon did not scan right from coupons.com but they pushed it through. I went in Monday to get it and the guy said they got cleared out Sunday and the one in the city happened to have one left on the shelf.
savemore308 says
Had problems with the Garnier RR at Wags. Took a LONG time with clerk and supervisor. As mentioned before, they entered the product, then my coupons and NO RR! Said I had to buy more as they go by price after the coupons. Then they also scanned in my prior RR as if they were manufacturers coupons, so I had to buy more! you got it, I ended up with over $23 to get the $5 RR. I should have left without the purchase and start over, but it was the last day of the RR. What an introduction to coupons etc. Hope it’s more successful in the future; I’m sure it will be.